Galaxy Nexus inches ever closer to Verizon stores

This is way, way inside baseball, but what we've got here is a look at a whole mess o' Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphones en route to Verizon. This gives us absolutely no idea of when -- or if, actually -- we'll see phones in stores (presumably an order like this means in-store sales, and not direct fulfillment only), but it's yet another step in the process, no?

You've just turned some poor innocent into another salivating Nexus fan, who will spend the next 'x' days checking every tech blog and forum on the interwebs, 5 times a day, for the tiniest mention or sliver of evidence of a release date.

first of all we dont know when this screen shot was taken and second theres no way if it was taken today that we'd have em by friday, probably not monday either. phones have to get shipped to corporate stores and to indirect dealers which would take much longer than a couple days. on the bright side if this pic was taken a week ago we could be in line for a monday release but i seriously doubt friday. the phones not in verizons systems at all yet.

My verizon store doesn't receive phones till the day they come out. So that means 10am via fedex next day air. Just like the rezound. They got them in a little after they open. They were just waiting for the fedex dude to deliver.

This morning I was on the phone with tech support and when we were done he asked is there anything else I could answer so I asked about the Nexus. I said rumors say Friday for the release and he said "funny thing about rumors you never know if they're true " than he giggled and said see you Friday.

I was just on the phone with a Verizon rep with their "win-back" department. I asked him about the Galaxy Nexus and he proceeded to inform me "I don't know if we are even going to get it. We are still waiting to hear anything on this."
No worries, I immediately informed him that "Not only is it definitely coming to Verizon, but I am on your website right now signing up for the 'official' information mailing list." He proceeded to sigh, "You know, they rarely tell us anything until right before it happens. We tend to find things out the day of here."